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Most khap panchayats may be caught in a medieval time warp but one such village council in Haryana is fighting against the stereotype — not only by working against female foeticide and dowry but also going digital, launching a website. The Kajla ...MSN Canada, 18 hours ago

Khaps, the body of village elders in northern India often associated with regressive social diktats, may be turning a new leaf after widespread criticism of their practices. At least a start has been made in a western Uttar Pradesh village where a sarv ...

The fear of being ostracised and grinding poverty forces members of tribal communities to accept horrific and bizarre punishments meted out by Jaat Panchayats . By Prateek Goyal Illustration: Vikram Nongmaithem On 14 June 2014 , Mangal Singh ...

To oppose the land acquisition ordinance introduced by NDA government, Haryana's khap panchayats and peasant outfits have announced to gather about 1 lakh farmers on national highway-1 near Kurukshetra on March 5.

A self-styled social panchayat in Barmer district has gave an authoritative instruction of chopping off a woman's nose for complaining of rape against her father-in-law which led to his arrest. The Shocking pronouncement was made by a khap ...

CHANDIGARH: Amid protests by farmer unions and khap panchayats for implementation of Swaminathan Commission report, the state government on Tuesday urged the Union government to replace minimum support price (MSP) with 'profitable price' in ...

The Khaps of Dhanana village in Bhiwani decided to call a statewide Mahapanchayat after failing to find a solution to the problem of stray bulls, which have been destroying crops and attacking human beings too. The post Khap Panchayat turns moral police for ...

Bhiwani: Representatives of Khap panchayats and farmers unions today urged the Centre to immediately implement recommendations of Swaminathan Commission report and threatened to launch an agitation if their demands are not met.During a Khap Mahapanchayat ...

Indore , Jan 3: In a khap panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Alirajpur district, a 25-year old married woman was forced to breastfeed her lover with whom she had eloped. The Bhil tribal panchayat, around 200 kilometers from Indore also cut the woman's ...